A sustainable lifestyle on a small, off-the-grid farm
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Roger and Karen Galloway spent 10 years in the former Transkei, where they came across many people working 2ha plots.
The Galloways are experimenting with what can be done on a 4ha mixed-farming operation using ultra-high-density strip grazing.
Through their internship programme, they want to be part of the solution to some of South Africa’s problems.
“When Roger and I lived in Zithulele and Cebe, I worked as a physiotherapist in the public health sector, and Roger, a graphic designer, worked in the NGO sector doing development work,” recalls Karen Galloway. Karen and her husband Roger own Heartwood Homestead near East London, where they practise regenerative agriculture. But it was while working in Zithulele and Cebe that the couple witnessed the challenges faced by rural people, many of whom work on 2ha allotments to supplement their income.
“In that sense, Heartwood Homestead is our experiment in self-sustained and off-grid living,” explains
